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Post by Aedh on Jul 12, 2011 9:40:51 GMT -5
Here is a new mystery/espionage/horror movie that is happening in Berlin. In this film Bruno Ganz is playing the role of a person called Jurgen!!! For equilibrium fans this movie is obligatory!!! Her is the trailer. It also has good reviews: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-lDfKb2SBAThat looks very promising...Liam Neeson is a fine actor...he was also excellent in "Taken." Thanks for the link...we'll certainly be checking this one out. We did watch this last night and it was very good, a solid recommend. Next we will check out some more of Herr Ganz, I think, and watch "Downfall."
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Post by clericjay on Jul 12, 2011 15:31:21 GMT -5
That looks very promising...Liam Neeson is a fine actor...he was also excellent in "Taken." Thanks for the link...we'll certainly be checking this one out. We did watch this last night and it was very good, a solid recommend. Next we will check out some more of Herr Ganz, I think, and watch "Downfall." "Downfall" is an absolute must-see for every history friend, especially because they have just changed one thing compared to reality, which is when Mrs. Magda Goebbels kills her children she's doing it herself in the movie, while in reality the doctor was on his own. I don't know, whether there's any English translation respectively dubbing of it, but if you understand German, the film will have an even stronger effect on the viewer, then a translation could ever enfold I think. I've heard whispering that you understand some, Aedh? Lucky you then...
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Post by Mirabilis on Jul 12, 2011 17:44:02 GMT -5
We did watch this last night and it was very good, a solid recommend. Next we will check out some more of Herr Ganz, I think, and watch "Downfall." "Downfall" is an absolute must-see for every history friend, especially because they have just changed one thing compared to reality, which is when Mrs. Magda Goebbels kills her children she's doing it herself in the movie, while in reality the doctor was on his own. I don't know, whether there's any English translation respectively dubbing of it, but if you understand German, the film will have an even stronger effect on the viewer, then a translation could ever enfold I think. I've heard whispering that you understand some, Aedh? Lucky you then... I watched "Downfall" on British TV before I moved to America...it had English subtitles. Extremely powerful drama I thought, which is why we are going to download it so that Aedh can watch it too.
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Post by invisiblescientist on Jul 12, 2011 23:09:02 GMT -5
"Downfall" is an absolute must-see for every history friend, especially because they have just changed one thing compared to reality, which is when Mrs. Magda Goebbels kills her children she's doing it herself in the movie, while in reality the doctor was on his own. I don't know, whether there's any English translation respectively dubbing of it, but if you understand German, the film will have an even stronger effect on the viewer, then a translation could ever enfold I think. I've heard whispering that you understand some, Aedh? Lucky you then... I watched "Downfall" on British TV before I moved to America...it had English subtitles. Extremely powerful drama I thought, which is why we are going to download it so that Aedh can watch it too. The entire Downfall movie can be seen at Youtube, and it has English subtitles. It is divided into several parts but all of it is there, and the resolution is surprisingly high (you can also enlarge it.) Here is the first part, and you can click on the next ones later: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG0IuSfZpp4&feature=related------------------ Another great German movie is Wannsee Conference, and it can be seen at Youtube. It has English subtitles. This film is a verbatim reconstruction of the real Wannsee Conference that took place during WW II, as the stenographers had meticulously recorded every word the Nazi officials uttered during this meeting. Even the exact length of this film is the same as the actual duration of the conference in Germany. Here is the part 1, and the rest is also there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGeaoUO0gfoen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference
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Post by invisiblescientist on Jul 12, 2011 23:10:16 GMT -5
That looks very promising...Liam Neeson is a fine actor...he was also excellent in "Taken." Thanks for the link...we'll certainly be checking this one out. We did watch this last night and it was very good, a solid recommend. Next we will check out some more of Herr Ganz, I think, and watch "Downfall." I am glad you liked the Unknown movie. This film is really underrated. The Jurgen character (Bruno Ganz) was great. Could have been in EQ also. ;D
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Post by Mirabilis on Jul 13, 2011 11:00:16 GMT -5
I watched "Downfall" on British TV before I moved to America...it had English subtitles. Extremely powerful drama I thought, which is why we are going to download it so that Aedh can watch it too. The entire Downfall movie can be seen at Youtube, and it has English subtitles. It is divided into several parts but all of it is there, and the resolution is surprisingly high (you can also enlarge it.) Here is the first part, and you can click on the next ones later: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG0IuSfZpp4&feature=related------------------ Another great German movie is Wannsee Conference, and it can be seen at Youtube. It has English subtitles. This film is a verbatim reconstruction of the real Wannsee Conference that took place during WW II, as the stenographers had meticulously recorded every word the Nazi officials uttered during this meeting. Even the exact length of this film is the same as the actual duration of the conference in Germany. Here is the part 1, and the rest is also there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGeaoUO0gfoen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_ConferenceYou might consider using a torrent downloader...we use Bit Torrent... www.bittorrent.com/...much easier than watching on YouTube as you can download whole movies etc. without breaks, plus the quality is usually the same as a DVD in general.
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Post by Aedh on Jul 16, 2011 12:59:32 GMT -5
Watched "Potiche" with Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu last night. Very good comic movie about the wife of a business executive who has to take over her husband's job when he is held hostage by striking workers. It was never popular outside France; it is a movie that comments/satirizes on a lot of specifically French things which are difficult to understand elsewhere.
Hope this weekend to watch "The Lost Prince," a BBC mini-series/movie about Prince John, eldest son of King George V of the UK who never succeeded to the throne as he was mentally afflicted from birth. Am also getting a copy of the 2004 movie "Curse Of The Ring," aka "Ring Of The Nibelungs." Another unpopular movie, at least outside of its native Germany (where as a miniseries it garnered record ratings).
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Post by BlackDragon on Jul 18, 2011 11:06:26 GMT -5
Am also getting a copy of the 2004 movie "Curse Of The Ring," aka "Ring Of The Nibelungs." Another unpopular movie, at least outside of its native Germany (where as a miniseries it garnered record ratings). I saw that one a few years ago. Not bad!! ^^ Yesterday I saw the movie "The Fighter" with "our" Mr. Bale. Such a great performance!! I must say that is kinda creepy seeing him looking like that :/ It's a good movie with a grest performance from Mark Wahlberg as well.
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Post by Aedh on Jul 29, 2011 12:02:43 GMT -5
Last night, saw "Lost Boys 2: The Tribe" starring Angus Sutherland and Cory Feldman. A remake--basically--of the 1987 classic, which COULD have been quite good, especially with the brother/sister angle. However, a basic production mistake was made in the decision to feature vampire surfers, since you can't have a surf movie without surfing scenes, and you can't shoot surfing scenes that have to happen only at night. Seemingly semi-conscious of this, the producers made up for it by strewing all the locations and sets with oil drums with fires in them. These were seen in interior and exterior shots of every place, even outside the town sheriff's office and the supermarket. A "Lost Boys 2" drinking game in which you had to down a shot every time you saw a bonfire barrel would be fun for onlookers but would probably lead to death by alcohol poisoning for the participants. Also many of the actors contributed lacklustre performances, probably as a result of knowing it was a direct-to-video production. Can not recommend this one, sadly.
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Post by invisiblescientist on Aug 13, 2011 20:29:23 GMT -5
Here is a highly recommended, underrated and forgotten movie that is based on one of the lesser known Jules Verne novels. Although on the surface this might appear to be one of the classic 19th century pirate movies, it still has the naive experimental science adventure flavor of Jules Verne, because even though all the technology in the film belongs to the early 19th century, everything is perceived from a fresh, new and childish perspective of discovery and unexpected mystery. "Light at the Edge of the World" (Yul Brynner, Kirk Douglas, 1971): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Light_at_the_Edge_of_the_WorldThe entire film (in one piece) can be found at YouTube. In this movie, Yul Brynner depicts an intrinsically evil character, and it is one of the rare films where he has the role of a one hundred percent evil person (if not the only such movie.)
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Post by Aedh on Aug 17, 2011 18:34:56 GMT -5
Now watching the 2010 mini-series "Pillars Of The Earth," based on the novel by Ken Follett. Very well-done so far I must say. Also saw the last "Harry Potter" movie, and I quite liked it though I am not a Potterian, having read only part of one book and seen only three of the movies.
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Post by BlackDragon on Aug 28, 2011 15:09:22 GMT -5
Saw "The Escapist" yesterday. It's very good
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Post by Aedh on Sept 21, 2011 9:09:35 GMT -5
Finally watched "The Ring" last night. Halfway through, after The Video showed--and quite uncharacteristically for that hour--the phone rang ... I didn't answer it. Damn ... now I will have to have Mira take a picture of me ...
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Post by Aedh on Oct 16, 2011 14:14:20 GMT -5
We watched "Stone" (2010) last night. Brill acting in this neo-noir set piece from Robert de Niro, Edward Norton, and Milla Jovovich, and visually excellent. Norton in particular seems to be channeling Marlon Brando ... unfortunately, that includes Brando's mumbling delivery, which infects Jovovich as well, so subtitles are highly recommended for non-English speakers, and possibly for English-speakers with less than keen hearing.
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Post by invisiblescientist on Oct 29, 2011 22:03:43 GMT -5
The new movie "In Time" should be interesting for Equilibrium fans, because it has an alternate future reality without much new technology, and perhaps it has the flavor of a "capitalist Libria." Actually the film could have been far better and a great plot has been neglected, but definitely worth watching. www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_time/Here is the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdadZ_KrZVw
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Post by Aedh on Nov 7, 2011 9:41:18 GMT -5
It only took twenty-one years after I put it on my list, but we (I) finally got around to watching the Kenneth Branagh/Emma Thompson vehicle "Dead Again" (1991), neo-noir Hitchcockian romp. It got pretty mixed reviews but it is a movie that begs your indulgence; Branagh, like many actors, obviously grew up with a 'thing' for Hollywood and particularly classic Hollywood, and probably spent a lot of time during his youth imagining himself in a Hollywood movie. Finally at the top of his game after 'Henry V' (1989) he had the wherewithal to go to Hollywood and make the movie he'd always imagined, and it has a lot of fantasy elements in it. It's "Vertigo" and "L.A. Confidential" channeled through the Old Vic, and with that in mind we quite enjoyed it.
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Post by invisiblescientist on Nov 22, 2011 3:58:54 GMT -5
For equilibrium fans, Sean Pertwee is in the British horror movie "Dog Soldiers", and you can find the entire film in one piece at Youtube. The resolution is good. The film has very good reviews: www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dog_soldiers/
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Post by clericjay on Jan 6, 2012 8:39:54 GMT -5
Recently watched "Dog Soldiers" as another friend of mine also recommended it. It's really fun to watch and there's a lovely collection of British accents in the English version, which of course is completely lost in the German dubbed version. As I've been told, that film was supported by Luxembourg, which is surprising to me, first because I did not know that Luxembourg supports movies financially and the Grand Duke visited their set in person... Astonishing keeping in mind that it's a Horror movie... In Germany in most cases Horror movies don't get any public support, if they aren't large productions anyway. Officials don't seem to like that genre much over here... Spain and UK are much better places to make such films I think...
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Post by invisiblescientist on Jan 7, 2012 13:43:16 GMT -5
Recently watched "Dog Soldiers" as another friend of mine also recommended it. It's really fun to watch and there's a lovely collection of British accents in the English version, which of course is completely lost in the German dubbed version. As I've been told, that film was supported by Luxembourg, which is surprising to me, first because I did not know that Luxembourg supports movies financially and the Grand Duke visited their set in person... Astonishing keeping in mind that it's a Horror movie... In Germany in most cases Horror movies don't get any public support, if they aren't large productions anyway. Officials don't seem to like that genre much over here... Spain and UK are much better places to make such films I think... I have seen the English version at YouTube. And I mentioned before at this forum that Sean Pertwee is in this film. Unfortunately there is no sequel so far.
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Post by Aedh on Jan 17, 2012 9:13:32 GMT -5
Last night, watched "Red: Werewolf Hunter," another of the Syfy Channel fairy-tale reboot movies. An unpretentious effort starring workhorse TV actors, family-compatible, competently-wrritten, there's worse ways to spend an hour and a half if you want to get your wolf on.
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Post by Aedh on Jan 28, 2012 9:54:29 GMT -5
Just saw "Age Of Heroes" (2011) last night, the WW2 adventure movie starring Sean Bean. We must concur with the generally disappointing reviews. The movie did not tell a story, but seemed to pick out random events from a story, and picked them poorly, and forgot to supply an important chunk of the end of it. And what did happen to Sean's nose?? Not a recommend, I'm afraid.
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Post by invisiblescientist on Jan 28, 2012 21:08:16 GMT -5
Just saw "Age Of Heroes" (2011) last night, the WW2 adventure movie starring Sean Bean. We must concur with the generally disappointing reviews. The movie did not tell a story, but seemed to pick out random events from a story, and picked them poorly, and forgot to supply an important chunk of the end of it. And what did happen to Sean's nose?? Not a recommend, I'm afraid. In this case I strongly recommend the following movie about WW II: "Operation Daybreak" (1975). This film is a realistic dramatization of the events that led to the assassination of the Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich. In this movie the British intelligence trains and sends Czech resistance fighters to Prague to kill Heydrich at any cost. If you see this movie you will be glad you did. (You can find this movie at YouTube also.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Daybreaken.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_AnthropoidActually the real reason the British intelligence decided to get rid of Reinhard Heydrich was because he was considered the most intelligent, and therefore the most dangerous Nazi leader.
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Post by Aedh on Feb 3, 2012 9:41:08 GMT -5
Recently watched "In Time" (2011), the dystopian suspense/thriller starring Cillian Murphy, Justin Timberlake, and some actress I forget. Amanda Seyfried. The premise--a future society in which we all stop ageing at 25 and exist thereafter on time which can be programmed into us--is quite fascinating, and in the hands of a director like Ridley Scott--or even of Andrew Niccol himself back at the time of "Gattaca"--could have been turned into something profound. As it is, it just becomes a standard-issue gun-chase movie, replete with many strange quirks. For example, in an age where technology has enabled us to stop aging, and transfer lifetimes to each other, why have mob ile phones disappeared; why does everyone drive around in cars from 1969; and why is the standard of attractiveness to look as much like a Japanese animation character as possible? Strange ... but ultimately the strangeness is not worth pondering over. Sorry, I can't recommend.
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Post by invisiblescientist on Feb 5, 2012 4:31:07 GMT -5
Recently watched "In Time" (2011), the dystopian suspense/thriller starring Cillian Murphy, Justin Timberlake, and some actress I forget. Amanda Seyfried. The premise--a future society in which we all stop ageing at 25 and exist thereafter on time which can be programmed into us--is quite fascinating, and in the hands of a director like Ridley Scott--or even of Andrew Niccol himself back at the time of "Gattaca"--could have been turned into something profound. As it is, it just becomes a standard-issue gun-chase movie, replete with many strange quirks. For example, in an age where technology has enabled us to stop aging, and transfer lifetimes to each other, why have mob ile phones disappeared; why does everyone drive around in cars from 1969; and why is the standard of attractiveness to look as much like a Japanese animation character as possible? Strange ... but ultimately the strangeness is not worth pondering over. Sorry, I can't recommend. I agree that a potentially very interesting plot was poorly executed by the director, but I still liked parts of the movie. The cars are "retro" models, but they are not 1969 cars. For example, the limousines have a conservative "boxy" shape, but these vehicles still sound as if the propulsion system is more advanced, either electrical or a new kind of more silent fuel, etc. The premise of the movie is that the world is ruled by a more conservative elite, like a "capitalist Libria", and this kind of elite would probably favor boxy retro car models that look conservative. Remember that in Equilibrium the cars used by the elite were conservative American cars, and even the police cars at the beginning of the film were more angular American cars. Maybe the mobile phones disappeared because the government finds it easier to monitor regular copper wire phones.
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Post by Aedh on Feb 5, 2012 10:11:04 GMT -5
I agree that a potentially very interesting plot was poorly executed by the director, but I still liked parts of the movie. The cars are "retro" models, but they are not 1969 cars. For example, the limousines have a conservative "boxy" shape, but these vehicles still sound as if the propulsion system is more advanced, either electrical or a new kind of more silent fuel, etc. The premise of the movie is that the world is ruled by a more conservative elite, like a "capitalist Libria", and this kind of elite would probably favor boxy retro car models that look conservative. Remember that in Equilibrium the cars used by the elite were conservative American cars, and even the police cars at the beginning of the film were more angular American cars. Maybe the mobile phones disappeared because the government finds it easier to monitor regular copper wire phones. Your comment is well-taken. Still, having done a little reviewing, I think the writer/director who made "Gattaca" and "The Truman Show" could have done better with this. Last night, watched "A Dangerous Method" (2011) with Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, and Keira Knightley. Ms. K turns in one of those performances that, perhaps, should not surprise us, but does, such as Angelina Jolie in "Changeling," that gets one to thinking: My! That actress can actually ... act! A solid recommend for those with an interest in psychology. Others might tend to be bored.
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Post by invisiblescientist on Feb 6, 2012 1:58:50 GMT -5
Last night, watched "A Dangerous Method" (2011) with Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen, and Keira Knightley. Ms. K turns in one of those performances that, perhaps, should not surprise us, but does, such as Angelina Jolie in "Changeling," that gets one to thinking: My! That actress can actually ... act! A solid recommend for those with an interest in psychology. Others might tend to be bored. "A Dangerous Method" is an excellent movie. I was very impressed. But probably most patients of Jung and Freud became even more crazy with these treatments.
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Post by Aedh on Feb 15, 2012 8:45:57 GMT -5
The other night we watched "Le cite des enfants perdus," (City Of Lost Children) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. Visually fabulous movie set in a diesel-punk world where a mad scientist who cannot dream kidnaps children in order to share their dreams via electronic hookup. But he has to compete for his supply with a pair of sinister Siamese-twin sisters who have their own uses for lost children ... A solid recommend.
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Post by Mirabilis on Feb 15, 2012 12:39:57 GMT -5
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Post by invisiblescientist on Feb 20, 2012 10:36:11 GMT -5
In the Iron Sky movie it is implied that Sarah Palin is the president of the United States in 2018.
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Post by Mirabilis on Feb 22, 2012 15:16:47 GMT -5
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